The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-03-04


spicuously shown in cases where It is takel
to overcome that fruitful cause OF debility
indigestion, coupled. as it usually is. witt
bllousness and constipation. Thorough Iii
gestion, regular evacuation and abundan
secretion, are results which promptly and in
variably attend its systematic use. 1t is, be
sides, the best protective against malaria, anc
4 first rate diuretic.
How 70 Get Start in North Dakota
Travellers IN North Dakota have seen
what great privilege it is, and one which
In the nature Of things cannot last much
longer, for man OF limited means To be
able to secure home (merely at the cost
of living upon ~ which, in older cdlIn.
tries, life time of exacting toll would
not secure. Men arc known, good aud
true, honest and industrious. down IN
Illinois, Indiana. Ohio. Pennsylvania and
other Central and Eastern slaes, who for
years have been and are renters. paving
high rents and working from one year !
cnd TO another, always hoping to make
cnOagh to purchase u home, always Ion.
. ing to accomplish that end but with eucl,
recurring season realizing more fully that
hope deferred makcth the heart sick .
II they would but appreciate the hope
lcssness OF their position and hsye tn"
courage 10 come 10 this great, fertile coun
try. and avail themselves of The advant
ages II holds out, economy and Industry
would soon bear fruit in independence
and prosperity. Dak0taeis, above all
{Llngs, country for the benefit of poor
men. A man of small means can here
work up to the top round of The ladder.
ia Dakota all begin the rae. on even
terms, and merit. not h,mpered by the
precedents in force In all old communities
WI always meet its reward ia solid, sub
atantlal prosperity. Dakota does not
possess every advantage imaginable, but
in those two great factors necessary for
human happiness aud prosperity it is pre-
etninent-a healthy. invigoratIng cimae
and ability to produce an abundance of
food, both animal and vegetable.
A beginner on coming 10 Dakota from
one of the older states, delighted with the
a,e with which good farm cln be SC
cured, is apt to make NECESSARY pur
chases and ilung. into needless debts.
A'tnoupS circumstances are all favorable.
Neu directed effort. economy and indus
try are as necessary TO success here rs
elsewhere. But with these success is
certain The proper method OF procedure
for mtp of small means to take. would
ne. upon arrival in April at. say Devils
Lake, on the ST. Paul. Minneapolis g.
Manitoba Railway. and the Government
land office to secure 100 acres Of land by
filing" "homrstead' right upon it at
total cost OF from $14 to $50; then a team
costing say 1925, will be bought next n
twelve inch breaking plow, $l2; one
Il fal,. ~ %.
feed. $25; total. $3l5. These are prices
for cash The next move will be To pro-
coed 10 the claim" The tough sod will
furnish plenty of material, warmer and
better than lumber, and with this com.
Portable house will be built. the only ma
terial costing money being two windows
and castings, and one cheap door and
lamb, in all, So co. The roof will he sod.
supported by poles taken from the timber.
which, in the Mouse River country is
never very far away. Next comes the
barn, built of the same material. and then
the well is dug, il n lake is not near by.
The sod house will be exceedingly com
fortable--cool in summer, and very warm
in winter. Next break up thirty acres
Immediately adjoining the house. This
will take fourteen days. Then put up
fifteen tons of hay from the natural hay
meadow-ncarly sure to be found on some
part of the farm. A surplus quantity can
always be sold to some lazy farmer. The
moving machine will be hired from some
neighbOr and lis use can be paid for in
work BY this time it will be the 10Th of
July and harvest will be nigh. The ser.
vices of one man and team will be worth
SO per day. and by hiring out for this sum
until Sept. LIST the owner will have earned
1928. The land broken in May must now
be backset or ploughed back three inches
deeper than it was broken to get the best
returns, and this will take fourteen days.
Then, with team. plow for some adiOin.
ing farmer at $500 per acre, or go with
threshing machine outfit at SD. so per day.
Flowing will end by Nov. LIST or 9Th, and
threshing Ivy Nov. Goth In either case
about $157 will be earned, which, added
to the S233 earned during harvest, will
make $3.50, and if the owner decides not
to work in the pineries during the winter
he will have enough TO carry him and his
team over the winter and buy seed in tbs
spring. The same plan can be followed
the next year. modified, of course, by the
necessity Of taking care of the crop sown
on the thirty acres. until so much of the
owners land is in cultivation that 1t will
absorb NIL his energies A start should,
of course, he made at the earliest possible
moment. TO secure cow and some calves
tor the free range in summer and cheap
hay in winter make their raising almost
all clear profit, while sod and straw can
both he used to make them The warmest
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